How to stop procrastinating and start getting things done
18 April 2023
Procrastination can steal hours of our time, but the latest research has some answers about how to reduce it, finds David Robson in his new 60-second psychology column
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Cryptic crossword #107: Somehow hit potassium requirement (5)
13 April 2023
Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop
We must treat therapy with scientific rigour to see if it works
12 April 2023
The number of people seeking psychotherapy is on the rise, but the field has long been seen as unscientific. It is time to approach it with the same diligence as we do other treatments
Helluva twist: Did Dickens create the first android in literature?
12 April 2023
Feedback explores electrifying new research linking the antagonist of Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield "to the electrically-sparked monster" in Frankenstein
This week’s new questions
12 April 2023
Why does it feel like I’m going uphill when I drive north and downhill when I travel south? And why is it so painful for babies to get their first teeth, when children’s new teeth don’t hurt when they come through?
People say ‘laughter is the best medicine’, but does it actually help?
12 April 2023
Laughter has powerful positive effects on our body and mind, say our readers, and could even be prescribed as a medicine
I fill a tub with water by gravity, but what happens to the gravity?
12 April 2023
It is tempting to think that gravity somehow gets used up, but our readers reveal what really happens due to the pull of gravity
Puzzle #217: Can Neville escape the deadly, flesh-eating moat monster?
12 April 2023
Can you solve this week’s arithmetical puzzle, Vicious circle? Plus the answer to puzzle #216
Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature
12 April 2023
It can be hard to explain the realities of the natural world to children, but we need to acknowledge the suffering of wild things, says Richard Smyth
LOLA review: Great sci-fi film is rich in ideas, but poor in budget
12 April 2023
In this counterfactual history, war is looming in 1930s England and two orphan sisters invent a machine that intercepts broadcasts from the future. What could go wrong when they lend it to intelligence services?
